Ernest Howard Armstrong (July 27, 1864 – February 15, 1946) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and journalist who served as the ninth Premier of Nova Scotia

Premier of Nova Scotia

The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...

 from 1923 to 1925.

Born in Kingston

Kingston, Nova Scotia

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, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, the son of son of Edward and Sarah A. (Currell) Armstrong, Armstrong studied at Acadia University

Acadia University

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 and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

 where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was created King's Counsel in 1907. He practiced law in Weymouth, Nova Scotia

Weymouth, Nova Scotia

-History:The area was settled in the 1760s by New England Planters after the Acadian Expulsion. The town was formally founded by Loyalists in 1783 . Current day Weymouth was once called Weymouth Bridge, and Weymouth North was called Weymouth...

 from 1889 to 1892, and during that period he was also editor of the Weymouth Free Press.

In 1892, he moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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 where he held the office of vice and deputy United States Consul from 1894 to 1906. He was elected to the town council in 1900 and was the mayor

Mayor

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 of Yarmouth from 1904 to 1906 when he won a seat in the provincial legislature

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. He joined the Liberal cabinet

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 of Premier

Premier

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 George H. Murray in 1911 serving as minister of public works and then as minister of mines.

In 1923 he succeeded Murray as Premier inheriting a Liberal government that had been in power for forty years. Armstrong was unable to overcome the effects of a serious economic downturn in the region, underestimated the strength of the Maritime Rights Movement

Maritime Rights Movement

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 and the feelings of alienation among Nova Scotians and also mishandled labour unrest in Cape Breton

Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

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 all of which led to the defeat of his government in the 1925 election. The Liberals won only three seats out of forty-three in the legislature. He died in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

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